Abstract The Map** Imaging Spectrometer for Europa (MISE) is an infrared compositional
instrument that will fly on NASA's Europa Clipper mission to the Jupiter system. MISE is …

The Hayabusa2 spacecraft investigated the C-type (carbonaceous) asteroid (162173)
Ryugu. The mission performed two landing operations to collect samples of surface and …

Carbonaceous asteroids, such as (101955) Bennu, preserve material from the early Solar
System, including volatile compounds and organic molecules. We report spacecraft imaging …

The characterization of objects that have best preserved the mineralogical and molecular
phases formed in the earliest stages of the Solar System evolution is key to understanding …

This paper summarizes the evidence for the optical effects of space weathering, as well as
the properties of the surface that control optical changes, on asteroid (101955) Bennu. First …

Abstract On September 24, 2023, NASA's OSIRIS‐REx mission dropped a capsule to Earth
containing~ 120 g of pristine carbonaceous regolith from Bennu. We describe the delivery …

Samples from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu provide information on the
chemical evolution of organic molecules in the early solar system. Here we show the …

Thermal inertia and surface roughness are proxies for the physical characteristics of
planetary surfaces. Global maps of these two properties distinguish the boulder population …

INTRODUCTION The color and reflectance of asteroids can be used to infer their
compositions and histories. Variations in these spectrophotometric properties are driven by …

We report primordial aqueous alteration signatures in water-soluble organic molecules from
the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft of JAXA. Newly …